Reclining bench

Abstract

A reclining bench having a pair of elongated platform members and a pair of pivotally attached upright members having a seat and back attached thereto. A pair of cams disposed between the seat and the platforms make the reclining bench adjustable from and between a reclined position wherein it is tipped back against a stop member attached to the platform members to a forward position resting upon a flat top of the cam members.

I claim: 
     
       1. A reclining bench comprising: a first elongated platform member having a top, a bottom, two sides, a front end and a rear end;   a second elongated platform member having a top, a bottom, two sides, a front end and a rear end;   a stop brace extending from the top rear end of said first elongated platform member to the top rear end of said second elongated platform member and being rigidly connected to said first and second elongated platform members;   a first elongated upright member pivotally attached at the bottom thereof to an intermediate portion of said first elongated platform member along a first horizontal axis, said first elongated upright member being pivotal between a first position in abutment with said stop brace and a second position forward of said stop brace;   a second elongated upright member pivotally attached at the bottom thereof to an intermediate portion of said second elongated platform member along said first horizontal axis, said second elongated upright member being pivotal between a first position in abutment with said stop brace and a second position forward of said stop brace;   a back support attached at one end to a top portion cf said first elongated upright member and attached at the other end to a top portion of said second elongated upright member;   seat means attached to an intermediate portion of said first and second elongated upright members for permitting people to sit thereon and lean back into abutment with the back support, said seat means including a first elongated cantelever member rigidly attached at one end thereof to said first elongated upright member and being disposed directly above said first elongated platform member and a second elongated cantelever member rigidly attached at one end thereof to said second elongated upright member and being disposed directly above said second elongated platform member;   a first cam member having a flat top edge and a flat bottom edge, said first cam member being pivotally attached to portion of said first elongated upright member between at a second horizontal axis disposed between said stop brace and the top of said first elongated platform member, said first cam member being movable between a first position wherein a rear top corner of said first cam member is in contact with the bottom of said first elongated cantelever member and the front bottom of said first cam member is in contact with the top of said first elongated platform member when said first elongated upright member is in the first position thereof, and a second position wherein said first cam member has the flat top thereof in abutment with the bottom of said first elongated cantelever member and the flat bottom thereof is in contact with the flat top of the first elongated platform member when the first elongated upright member is in the second position thereof; and   a second cam member having a flat top edge and a flat bottom edge, said second cam member being pivotally attached to portion of said second elongated upright member at said second horizontal axis, said second cam member being movable between a first position wherein a rear top corner of said second cam member is in contact with the bottom of said second elongated cantelever member and the front bottom of said second cam member is in contact with the top of said second elongated platform member when said second elongated upright member is in the first position thereof, and a second position wherein said second cam member has the flat top thereof in abutment with the bottom of second elongated cantelever member and the flat bottom thereof is in contact with the flat top of the second elongated platform member when the second elongated upright member is in the second position thereof, whereby the seat means and back support are adjustable between a reclined first position and a more upright second position.